[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an":3,"chapter-first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-515":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","First Intergalactic Emperor: Starting With The Ancient Goddess",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1601579,2070,"Chapter 515: Recurring","first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-515",515,"\u003Cp>He let the silence drag long enough to make it uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kylus’ jaw flexed. \"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kylus’ eyes hardened. \"You think this is funny?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll kill you,\" Kylus said, voice shaking with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kylus’ expression shifted then, anger thinning just enough for something heavier to surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier’s expression changed. The edge drained out of it. He looked past Kylus for a second, eyes unfocused, then back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then give me the right one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some people don’t get to choose how their story ends,\" he said. \"And some people don’t get to choose what role they play in it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strained inhale that sounded wet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lyra’s fingers dug into Reva’s sleeve. Her breathing sped up, shallow and rapid, chest rising too fast. A tremor moved under her skin. Her lips parted and a thin line of blood slid from the corner of her mouth again — darker this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier was at her side immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pulse was erratic under his fingers. Her skin felt hot now, not cold. Sweat beaded across her forehead in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier looked up at Kylus sharply. \"What did Jareth give her? What did you inject?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why is she crashing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requiem crouched on the other side, checking her pupils, her breathing, the way her abdomen tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Xavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lyra’s body seized inward again, but it wasn’t a convulsion. It was deeper. Her abdomen tightened hard enough that she cried out, a broken sound forced out of her lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood bubbled faintly at Lyra’s lips again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requiem’s expression hardened. \"This started before today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier looked up at Kylus again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kylus stood there for a long second before answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Xavier shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sixteen years ago,\" he said slowly, \"there was a shipment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kids. Dozens of us. Some taken. Some bought. Doesn’t matter. Same result.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Piolet was running it. High-tier buyers on Jupiter. Private circle. Enhancement programs. They didn’t want soldiers. They wanted prototypes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bull was part of the contract. He didn’t know what the cargo was. When he found out, he tore the whole thing apart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He hunted Piolet after that,\" Kylus continued. \"Didn’t walk away. He tracked him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s how he found us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kylus finally looked at Lyra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence pressed in around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They injected something into our bodies. A compound that rewrote what we were. Not some street stim. Not a muscle boost. It changed how our cells behaved. Triggered dormant genes. Forced growth where it shouldn’t exist. Pushed neural response past safe limits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most of them didn’t last a week. As I said, it was a prototype and we were the experiment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flicked back to Xavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lyra let out a strained breath, her body tightening again under Xavier’s hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped his chest lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Requiem’s expression sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s Lykaios,\" Kylus replied. \"Her body fought it better. Slower adaptation. Slower breakdown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It waited,\" Kylus said. \"Sixteen years of waiting. I am not sure what triggered this. Perhaps, she was having symptoms for a while now but none of you noticed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xavier’s jaw set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you stop it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",519,"2026-06-06T09:45:40.490Z",1,"novelbin.me","77c1cc0603557f211785efc343c8bea794fb8a8538b3606b7c9ca27b473fdb32","first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-516","first-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-chapter-514",530,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-intergalactic-emperor-starting-with-the-an-cover.jpg"]